Difret

Difret
Theatrical release poster
Directed byZeresenay Berhane Mehari
Written byZeresenay Berhane Mehari
Produced byMehret Mandefro
Leelai Demoz
Zeresenay Mehari
StarringMeron Getnet
Tizita Hagere
CinematographyMonika Lenczewska
Edited byAgnieszka Glinska
Music byDave Eggar
David Schommer
Production
companies
Haile Addis Pictures
Truth Aid
Release dates
  • 18 January 2014 (2014-01-18) (Sundance)
  • 25 September 2014 (2014-09-25) (Ethiopia)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryEthiopia
LanguageAmharic
Box office$57,2013[1]

Difret (Amharic: ድፍረት, lit. 'Courage') is a 2014 Ethiopian drama film written and directed by Zeresenay Berhane Mehari. The film had its premiere in-competition at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival where it won the World Cinematic Dramatic Audience Award.[2][3] Angelina Jolie served as the executive producer of the film.[4]

The film later premiered at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival in the Panorama section,[5][6] where it won the Audience Award.[7] It was selected as the Ethiopian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.[8][9][10]

The title literally translates as "courage", "audacity",[11] but can also be a euphemism for "the act of being raped."[12]

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  3. ^ "World Cinema Dramatic Competition". Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Sundance 2014: Angelina Jolie Joins Ethiopian Film 'Difret' as Executive Producer". The Hollywood Reporter. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  5. ^ "Panorama 2014: Selection of Fictional Features for Main Programme and Panorama Special Now Complete". berlinale. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  6. ^ "Difret". berlinale. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  7. ^ "Panorama 64th Berlinale". Berlinale. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  8. ^ "'Difret' Submitted for Oscar Consideration for Best Foreign Language Film". Tadias. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  9. ^ "83 Countries In Competition For 2014 Foreign Language Film Oscar". AMPAS. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  10. ^ "Oscar Attracts Best Foreign Language Film Submissions From a Record 83 Countries". Hollywood Reporter. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  11. ^ "The Amharic Project: Fretting over Difret". Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  12. ^ http://www.diplomaticourier.com/difret/[permanent dead link]